Hi, Thanks for the updates!
On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 04:37:02PM +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > Package: git-buildpackage > Version: 0.8.18 > Severity: minor > Tags: patch > > thanks > > Hi, > I was looking in the manual for information on starting from scratch > with an upstream git and found it a little terse for newbies like me. > Please would you consider applying the attached patches. > The published version [1] was tagged 0.9.0~exp3 but the text > is the same in the sid version. > > I was not quite sure what to say about the --no-checkout argument; > something like this seems appropriate It's mostly an optimization, we check out a branch based on v1.0 later so there's no need to checkout out anything… > > The <replaceable>debian/sid</replaceable> branch will start > empty. Over time only debian packaging changes will be added here, > usually just the <filename>debian/</filename> directory. You don't have only the debian/ directory on the debian-branch, it has upstram + debian/. I'm happy to incorporate another patch for that. Cheers, -- Guido > > but I may be misunderstanding. > > I also have a related question. The upstream repository has no tags; > what should one tell gpb to do in this case? > One can invent versions like 0~yymmdd [2] and apply such tags > locally but that doesn't seem quite right. > > > Kind regards > Vince > > [1] > http://honk.sigxcpu.org/projects/git-buildpackage/manual-html/gbp.import.html#GBP.IMPORT.UPSTREAM-GIT > [2] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/first.en.html#namever
